Lucky Tomdi
Biographic Data
| ID | 112149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucky Tomdi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucky |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomdi |
| SIGNATURE | TOMDI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0463-5797 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Invisibility of African Medical Orderlies in Ghana (Gold Coast), 1920–1950s
This article constructs the silences of one type of African medical auxiliary called orderlies in historical narratives and their contribution to healthcare in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) from 1920 to the 1950s. Though often referred to as ancillary, hardly trained, and unskilled, orderlies deserve attention. British medical officers regularly relied on the labour of orderlies to fill in when formally trained staff like doctors, dispensers, nurses…
Gender, race and class at work: Enlisting African health labour into the Gold Coast Medical Service, 1860–1957
From the mid-nineteenth century, the people of the Gold Coast formed an essential component of the missionary and early colonial medical services (CMS). The labour of the people was mainly confined to the category of medical auxiliaries. Enlisting these African auxiliaries into the medical service took place within gendered, racial and class boundaries. Yet, the historiography of the Gold Coast does not overtly address the interplay of gender, ra…
“By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events that generated humour among Ghanaians during the pandemic. The study reveals that the various instances of humour revolved around nose and/or face mask…
Women’s Contributions to Biomedical Healthcare in Ghana: A Focus on Obuasi
From economic, through politics to domestic support, women have been the major engineers of valuable roles towards the development of every culture. Historically, their impacts in medicine and healthcare in general have been evident across time and space. Prior to European influx and the modernization of healthcare in Ghana, women delivered such roles that simulate that of modern midwives, nurses, herbalists and priestesses. Although, denied acce…
The influenza pandemic in colonial Asante: Lesson drawing for the fight against Covid-19 in the twenty-first century
This paper pays attention to colonial strategies that were deployed to fight against the influenza pandemic among the Asante of Ghana. It does a comparative analysis of the outbreak and mode of spread of COVID-19 and influenza pandemics in Ghana and Asante, in particular. Based on the theory of lesson-drawing, the authors aimed to ascertain whether the strategies adopted to fight the current COVID-19 pandemic reminisce the earlier strategies depl…
Public Health Policies in the Akyem Abuakwa of Ghana (1850-1957)
Akyem Abuakwa is one of the largest states of the Akan ethnic group in Ghana. Notwithstanding its size and important contribution to Ghana’s development, historians have paid little attention in doing academic research on the health history of the people. Using a qualitative method of research, this paper does a historical study on public health policies in Akyem Abuakwa from the 1850s to 1957. We utilised documentary and non-documentary sources …
Muslim Healers and Healing: An Ethnographic Study of Aboabo Community of Ghana
Societies that have accepted Islam have blended their native culture with what was, rightly and wrongly, linked to Islam. Here, we present an example of this combination concerning traditional healing processes in Muslim societies. Focusing on the Aboabo community, we did an ethnographic study of healing processes and rites used by healers and further discussed the rites, practices, contributions and challenges of Muslim traditional healing in th…
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Public Health Policies in the Akyem Abuakwa of Ghana (1850-1957)
Akyem Abuakwa is one of the largest states of the Akan ethnic group in Ghana. Notwithstanding its size and important contribution to Ghana’s development, historians have paid little attention in doing academic research on the health history of the people. Using a qualitative method of research, this paper does a historical study on public health policies in Akyem Abuakwa from the 1850s to 1957. We utilised documentary and non-documentary sources …
Muslim Healers and Healing: An Ethnographic Study of Aboabo Community of Ghana
Societies that have accepted Islam have blended their native culture with what was, rightly and wrongly, linked to Islam. Here, we present an example of this combination concerning traditional healing processes in Muslim societies. Focusing on the Aboabo community, we did an ethnographic study of healing processes and rites used by healers and further discussed the rites, practices, contributions and challenges of Muslim traditional healing in th…
The influenza pandemic in colonial Asante: Lesson drawing for the fight against Covid-19 in the twenty-first century
This paper pays attention to colonial strategies that were deployed to fight against the influenza pandemic among the Asante of Ghana. It does a comparative analysis of the outbreak and mode of spread of COVID-19 and influenza pandemics in Ghana and Asante, in particular. Based on the theory of lesson-drawing, the authors aimed to ascertain whether the strategies adopted to fight the current COVID-19 pandemic reminisce the earlier strategies depl…
“By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events that generated humour among Ghanaians during the pandemic. The study reveals that the various instances of humour revolved around nose and/or face mask…
Women’s Contributions to Biomedical Healthcare in Ghana: A Focus on Obuasi
From economic, through politics to domestic support, women have been the major engineers of valuable roles towards the development of every culture. Historically, their impacts in medicine and healthcare in general have been evident across time and space. Prior to European influx and the modernization of healthcare in Ghana, women delivered such roles that simulate that of modern midwives, nurses, herbalists and priestesses. Although, denied acce…
Gender, race and class at work: Enlisting African health labour into the Gold Coast Medical Service, 1860–1957
From the mid-nineteenth century, the people of the Gold Coast formed an essential component of the missionary and early colonial medical services (CMS). The labour of the people was mainly confined to the category of medical auxiliaries. Enlisting these African auxiliaries into the medical service took place within gendered, racial and class boundaries. Yet, the historiography of the Gold Coast does not overtly address the interplay of gender, ra…
The Invisibility of African Medical Orderlies in Ghana (Gold Coast), 1920–1950s
This article constructs the silences of one type of African medical auxiliary called orderlies in historical narratives and their contribution to healthcare in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) from 1920 to the 1950s. Though often referred to as ancillary, hardly trained, and unskilled, orderlies deserve attention. British medical officers regularly relied on the labour of orderlies to fill in when formally trained staff like doctors, dispensers, nurses…
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